Italian overseas constituencies

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Italian overseas constituencies are electoral districts that allow Italian citizens living abroad to elect their own representatives to the Italian Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of electoral system
electoral constituency
administeredBy Italian Ministry of the Interior NERFINISHED
appliesTo general elections
referendums involving overseas voters
appliesToJurisdiction Italian Parliament NERFINISHED
ballotTransmission mail
constitutionalArticle Article 48 of the Italian Constitution
Article 56 of the Italian Constitution NERFINISHED
Article 57 of the Italian Constitution NERFINISHED
coordinatedWith Italian consular network NERFINISHED
country Italy
distinctFrom domestic Italian constituencies
electorate Italian citizens residing abroad
elects members of the Chamber of Deputies
members of the Senate of the Republic
eligibleVotersRequirement Italian citizenship
residence abroad
firstUsedInElection 2006 Italian general election
governingLaw Italian electoral law for overseas voting
hasElectoralRegister AIRE (Registry of Italians Resident Abroad) NERFINISHED
hasElectoralThreshold yes
hasPart Africa Asia Oceania and Antarctica overseas constituency NERFINISHED
Europe overseas constituency NERFINISHED
North and Central America overseas constituency NERFINISHED
South America overseas constituency NERFINISHED
introducedBy constitutional law of 2000
introducedConcept Circoscrizione Estero NERFINISHED
languageOfBallots Italian
legalBasis Italian Constitution NERFINISHED
legislativeBodyRepresented Chamber of Deputies of Italy NERFINISHED
Senate of the Republic of Italy NERFINISHED
locatedIn foreign countries
numberOfConstituencies 4
officialNameItalian Circoscrizioni Estero NERFINISHED
parliamentaryChamber bicameral parliament
purpose representation of Italians abroad in Parliament
representationLevel national legislature
representationType geographical representation of expatriates
seatAllocationMethod proportional to votes received in each overseas constituency
totalSeatsChamberOfDeputies 12
totalSeatsSenate 6
votingMethod postal voting in most countries
votingSystemChamberOfDeputies proportional representation
votingSystemSenate proportional representation

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Italian general elections hasSpecialProvisionFor Italian overseas constituencies